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RARE VINT WABANAKI NORTHEAST SWEET GRASS DEC SM SEWING BASKET, PRINTED LID/LINER

$ 125.4

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • American: Antique
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Native American: Wabanki (Northeast New England/Maine)
  • Late 19th-early 20th century: Circa 1895-1915
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Sewing basket: Made of woven sweet grass/dyed
  • Tribal Affiliation: Wabanaki Tribe/Northeast Woodland
  • Condition: Very Good-Excellent overall antique cond: Untouched & undisturbed. In extraordinarily well-preserved overall antique cond & outstanding in every way. Truly magnificent & nearly unblemished. From the Wabanaki people, Northeast Woodland Native Americans' hands to yours. In simply incredible cond & very unusual to find a Native American hand made sewing basket w/an affixed printed image attached flawlessly to the top of the lid cover. The spiral threaded patterning & the dyed berry red sweet grass accent weaving, makes this diminutive Native American sewing basket & an especially fancy & a highly considered one & an extraordinary ex of antique, period late 19th-early 20th c Native weaving & basketry. More beautiful than beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. It's exceptionally unusual & a rare occurrence to encounter these antique, period hand woven Native American baskets, be they lg or sm, in this kind of nearly immaculate, pristine cond, w/the sweet grass unbroken & undisturbed. Very fine.
  • Origin: Northeastern New Hampshire (Maine)
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Spiral threaded woven pattern: Affixed printed image of peaches/foliage on lid
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • 100% overall antique condition: Untouched & undisturbed
  • Dimensions:: 4" Height x 4" Width x 1 1⁄2" Height
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Hand made: Hand woven & hand decorated
  • Artisan: Unknown Native American weaver

    Description

    RARE
    LATE 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY
    VINTAGE
    WABANAKI
    NORTHEAST
    NATIVE AME
    RI
    CAN
    DYED
    SWEET
    GRASS,
    DECORATED
    SMALL
    SEWING
    BASKET
    W
    /WOVEN
    SPIRAL
    THREADED
    PATTERN,
    AFFIXED
    PRINTED
    IMAGE
    OF
    PEACHES &
    FOLIAGE
    ON
    LID/
    PAPER
    LINED
    INTERIOR
    OF
    BASKET
    BASIN
    &
    LID
    (Circa 1895-1915)
    Northeast Woodland
    Native
    Ame
    ri
    can
    handwoven sewing & other utilitarian decorated basketry
    DIMENSIONS:
    4" Height x 4" Width x 1 1⁄2" Height
    DESCRIPTION:
    Untouched and undisturbed. In extraordinarily well-preserved overall antique condition and outstanding in every way. Truly magnificent and nearly unblemished. From the
    Wabanaki
    people,
    Northeast Woodland Native Americans'
    hands to yours. In simply incredible condition and very unusual to find a
    Native American
    hand made sewing basket with an affixed printed image attached flawlessly and woven to the top of the lid cover. The spiral threaded patterning and the dyed berry red sweet grass accent weaving, makes this diminutive
    Native American
    sewing basket an especially fancy and a highly considered one and an extraordinary example of antique, period late 19th to early 20th century
    Native
    weaving and basketry. More beautiful than beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. It's exceptionally unusual and a rare occurrence to encounter these antique, period hand woven
    Native American
    baskets, be they large or small, in this kind of nearly immaculate, pristine condition, with the sweet grass unbroken and undisturbed. Very fine.
    CONDITION:
    Very Good to Good overall antique condition.